Tour de Christmas Part 2- The Mahan Family

After a good night's sleep we woke up Christmas Eve Day to head over to Rustin's dad's home for lunch. We had a delicious turkey dinner and then opened gifts. Molly got some adorable new outfits and other assorted goodies. Rustin opened a couple really nice shirts. I got a great book & other fun goodies. Molly opened her first Christmas gift and she did a great job!

Tour de Christmas Part 1- Moos Family

Friday afternoon we loaded up the car and headed to San Antonio to celebrate Christmas with Rustin's extended family. We had lots of yummy food and played some fun games. Then we headed for Aunt Mel's house for Maragritas and hangin' out with cousins.

Month 5

Molly,
This month has been such an adjustment. You spent 3 weeks with daddy at home this month while mommy went back to work.

You're wearing size 2 diapers. Your clothes are mostly 6 month mostly because we don't seem to have a wide variety of 3-6 month stuff. They're still a little big on you but if we roll up the sleeves they're great. You've still been drooling like crazy but we've yet to see a tooth. So you wear alot of bibs now.

You've gotten so much more active this month. You've figured out how to spin around in your excersaucer. You don't have any problem at all rolling front to back or back to front. You chew on her hands alot, but I think it's 'cause most of the teething toys are too big for your mouth. Yesterday you sat up all on your own. You've done this before but you usually end up leaning forward to play with your feet, which have become your all time favorite. You love to laugh and do it much more than you have in the past. During bath time you love to splash in the water and like to have mommy sing you the rubber ducky song.

You were sleeping through the night perfectly until mommy went back to work. Then you started to wake up around 2:30, but we're workin' on getting back to through the night. You tried cereal for the first time last night and didn't seem to mind it. The spoon method wasn't your favorite so we switched to the bottle and you ate it right up.

This month you met the rest of the Moos family along with Miss Jodi. You celebrated Christmas with lots of family and really liked pulling open your gifts. I honestly cannot believe how much you changed and blessed my life. I love you so much, Peeps.

Love Mommy

The Bucket List

This is a different kind of bucket list. This is the list of things I need to get into Molly's Bucket for her first day at Miss P's house. I can't believe I finished putting her bucket together without more than a few tears.



Other than the usual diapers & wipes, I packed her bibs, bottles, changes of clothes, blankets, teething toys, her 4 favorite books, pacis, tummy drops & tylenol. Miss P has everything else she'll need.
And since the time is coming so quickly that she'll be spending each day with Miss P I made a point to put other things asside and focus on my family for these 2 weeks. The proof:


Sad part is those clothes are clean

Nudist Colony

Yesterday our home turned into a nudist colony....well maybe colony is a strong word since we've only got one nudist. She screamed for a solid hour at the top of her lungs fussed for an hour and nothing helped, which is very unlike her. She wasn't hungry, or sleepy, she didn't want to play, she didn't have a dirty diaper. The only thing that made her stop crying was when I took off her clothes to make sure she didn't have a rash. So I kept her clothes off & now she's as happy as can be, bein' naked and playin' with her toes.

My So Called Life

I came across this book on Pinterest (where else) and was intrigued so I downloaded it on my NOOK (along with the new James Patterson, Janet Evanovich & Hunger Games) with a giftcard from my students.

OH MY GOODNESS, it's awesome!! I've never experienced a "can't put it down" feeling with this style of writing. It is quite possibly the best book I've ever read (and I read ALOT). It's all about one woman's journey to become a better wife and woman of God. The best part is that she actually makes this HUGE journey seem like something anyone could do. So maybe instead of making my traditional new years resolution of loosing weight (which has been the same resolution I've made for 10+ years now) I'll resolve to become more like "Martha 31", the wife from Proverbs 31. And if you're a wife or mom on my Christmas List you will might just find this in your stocking.

Christmas Bells are Ringing

I'm a day late but I'm linking up with Faith at her Christmas Card Carousel to share our Christmas card! So pretend you just checked the mail and opened this!




Merry Christmas from The Mahans